celestial body
Example Sentences
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The astronauts have already started seeing features of the celestial body never before viewed with a naked human eye.
From Barron's ● Apr. 6, 2026
The crew of Apollo 8 would be the first to travel beyond low Earth orbit and enter the gravitational pull of another celestial body.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
It’s the only other celestial body that has liquid on its surface, methane that they intend to harvest for clean energy to combat climate change on Earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
Set largely in a rambling house on a single momentous day, it focuses on a serious-eyed girl, Sol, who serves as the story’s luminous celestial body.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
The only celestial body that doesn’t orbit August the Sun is Daisy the dog, and that’s only because to her little doggy eyes, August’s face doesn’t look very different from any other human’s face.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
